lamborghini aventador

The Italian super car maker has finally unveiled the Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 through photos and and new details which also include pricing information.

Most of the technical details have been available for some time now, but lets just do a recap. Power is extracted from a 6.5-litre V12 which outputs 700 horses (515 kW) and 690 Nm (509 lb-ft) of torque via a dually synchronized ISR 7-speed independent shift rod transmission from Graziano.

Like previous Lamborghinis, the Aventador name was chosen for its symbolic connection to the world of fighting bulls, sharing a name with the legendary Aventador, a trophy-winning bull in the world of Spanish bullfighting. Bred by the sons of Don Celestino Cuadri Vides, the bull that bore the number 32 took part in a notably spirited, bloody and violent battle with a torero in the town of Zaragoza, Spain that earned him the “Trofeo de la Peña La Madroñera" in 1993.^[3][9]

Production will be limited to 4000 units (4099 Murciélagos have been built). The moulds used to make the carbon-fibre monocoque are expected to last 500 units each and only 8 have been made.^[10] Lamborghini says that the Aventador is two generations ahead of anything else on sale, using Formula One-style suspension and a lightweight carbon fibre monocoque.^[11] Stylistically, the Aventador represents an evolution of its predecessor, the Murciélago. The car's shape also borrows heavily from Lamborghini's limited-edition Reventón and their Estoque concept car

ferrari f430 maranello

 .To an automotive journalist, Maranello in October beats the stuffing out of Paris in the spring. Especially when the occasion is the first chance to drive the Ferrari F430 — a 483-bhp, Ford GT-eating caricature of the 360 Modena with near Enzo-level performance. For a full road test of the car, see our January 2005 issue. But for a small glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes at Ferrari’s fabled birthplace, and a closer look at some of the technicalities that make this new Ferrari special, read on.

Compact, dohc 4-valve-per-cylinder heads. Intake ports, whose shape has profited from Formula 1 development, are fully machined and then hand-polished.

F430 and F1 undertrays shows the lengths that Ferrari has gone toward generating downforce in their road cars. Blue shading indicates areas of greatest negative pressure.

Carbon-ceramic brake rotors, impressive but cost $14,300 extra! Double-wishbone suspension has forged aluminum links and shocks with variable damping.

This cutaway transaxle shows the clutch pack of Ferrari's E-Diff, a hydraulically modulated, electronically controlled limited slip with a wide range of adjustability.

Time to drive! Both Ferraris and journalists assemble in the courtyard adjacent to the company-owned Fiorano circuit. This will certainly be a good day.

Decisions, decisions: silver, red or yellow? Both photographer Stephane Foulon and I opted for the last, but there is no wrong choice here for the F430.

The F430’s more powerful engine needs more air, and the coolant radiators get an extra shot through front intakes that recall the “shark nose” Formula 1 Ferraris of the early 1960s.